de_evolution - Profile (original) (raw)
on 2 February 2002 (#457797)
The Truth About De-Evolution
The band devolved from a long line of brain-eating apes, some of which settled in N.E. Ohio around Akron where members of Devo eventually appeared years after the A-Bomb ended World War II. By the process of natural selection they met and shared the habits of making electronic noise, watching T.V. and watching everybody else. They called what they saw around them De-Evolution and called their music Devo. It made the sound of things falling apart. Spuds yelled and threw things like beer bottles at Devo when they played. But one day in 1977 the Spuds cheered and threw fits because Spudboys in the cities realized that "We're all Devo!" Booji boy had been telling everyone this fact for years. He told them in Devo's first movie "The Truth About De-Evolution." Now that nearly everyone is finding out, here is something else. The five Spudboys from Ohio are almost uniform in height and weight & their boot size is 8c. Alan provides the jungle style beats, Jerry emits debased pulses and Bob No. 2 adds precise robot rhythms. Bob No. 1 retaliates with sonic mutations and Mark sprays the entire mixture with alien synthesizer gases. Plus his voice is used more of the time than the other four. They are all following the commands of their genetic codes. They are suburban robots here to entertain corporate life forms. Devo says opposites and rebellion are obsolete. The fittest shall survive yet the unfit may live. It's all the same.
The Devolutionary Oath
1.) Be Like Your Ancestors Or Be Different. It Doesn't Matter.
2.) Lay A Million Eggs Or Give Birth To One.
3.) Wear Gaudy Colors Or Avoid Display. It's All The Same.
4.) The Fittest Shall Survive Yet The Unfit May Live.
5.) We Must Repeat.
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